"it took two years to find music good enough to be justified for this mix. i was always afraid to make a sequel to valley stream because of how that mix affected me. it really inspired me on an emotional level, much like 2003's only deep. i didn't want to disappoint myself. it's also why i never made another ambient mix after nightrain to berlin in 1997. but then one day i was looking through my intelligent playlist and was amazed at all these brilliant, emotionally charged tracks. it was time.
produced in space and at triboro studio nyc, 04.2009
this mix was featured as the 100th podcast on beatfreax.com"